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fi.Prince J ßismarck -prophesied . that i in Morocco' would; be found :the cause), of the rieifr European-war, i> If i that "prophecy ; 'seems^likeiy. be';.unfulfilled, i-ancb tho Empire Beemsi, w<te" passing 'pencefnUy.linto/.the'nimto'Sof: , ' European dependerfcies, the. Moroccan" drama'is.-still in ■■■■. progress,: and: the: latest - Bcencs : in : : it -are ;deiicribed : by." Jlr.':;.Ellis -. Ashmead-. Bartlett in. a\book-about-',to. published, (byillessre.v'Blackwood;- entitled, "The Passing of .thb'Shereefian,Empire.-': 'from whose ; peh also! came, tbe'.,yivid; story .of ;thesiegp and .'capitulation of : Port: Arthur) was an eyerivitness '.'of ; ;thb operations -rbund ; Casa, Blft'nca, aid .thus^Kas'been!able to".-form his' owtf estimation of .'..the military forces :.of Trance,', as well -as/of :tho.;qualities ;of'tthe iMoor.i as a soldier.',. After enduring more- tW :'the usnal .adventurous incon-. 'Teniences'v of.-i -a ':war-cor'respolulent, the :nutho'r- : :6f: tins' -book, ..successful .in. obtaining'audiences both with Abdnl Aziz and- his.;elder■ half-brotheiV :: Mqulai'■• El ■Hand.-;;. :- ; ; ; ■■ ..:K'-■■■■:■ :X '- ; V : .-'\ -;■ '•'■ Stories 'from'; Homer liavo been told and re-told, i!U the' ■• English, laugiiago: many ' tiinps And' in many manners.;. In "Heetoi; and Aojiilles,". which will. 1 ho published ■shortly by.J:Messr.=. Blackwood, thb ' dosign of the 'authbiv 1 -Mr.-. Eichard Sheop-. blianlc's,-iis to present-,tho.'great..episodes of :tlio;Trojan legend in ii simple and straightforward.niannerj.at the same time 'keeping faithfully and;, closely:" to':' the Homeric .original; : Thus,, the , work aims, at-being "not'-.a -mere- Vechauliee :'of Trojan tales,- but- an English rendering—iu : ' some" ;soilse—of ' the . Iliad/ adapted by: means of -eliminating all ;.repetitions ~of. speeches ;and oilier epic'.conventions';to tlib'understanding and ; tasto'of, tlie.Eug-. lisli. boy. /Mr.' Sheepshanks; is a: son"of : the Bishop of Norwich. v - ; v : '- ■' . ■ ■ ' ; . A iiew book by the Bishop. of tßirming-1 , hanii (Br., Gore} is an.ovcjit of particular i : signincai\cp 'toi'-Clwroh ''peoplov and the. world generally; : ;Ho has. in the, press, to .-be published'■ immediately', by- Mr., ; .•Murray,"-, a" volume -entitled "Orders and Xlnity."' .This book examines itho';foun-, datioiis.; of' t!iis' : theory' historically, rind endeavours to bring : it', into- connection. :wjth.! tho' ideas -of continuity and.catho-: licityi: -which :; have- exercised an irifluI once, on Teligipus;thought in .tho : .Church,' 'especially during.(the past half-century. Incidentally- it examines.. ! tho- jtheorics about tlio.'authority:of tho. ministry heW y by. the' "greaj;;'. foreign /reformers , 'and by somo^contcmnoraryi'Protestaht . authors; , [■■ •:■: Viscount "Morley ■' appeal's ; in. n book .about to be, publiflied :by .-Jlessra". Jlaccapacity,: as : n - practical statesinanrV'Tho volume --of '.'lndian. \ 1807-1909, V inclndbs ' tlie '; nd- - drosses-of the' Secretary' of .State on the Indian Council-Bill/ oivJndian Reforms, and on , ,tlic; Indian Budgofv. In an appendix are printed Queen Victoria's Prorlamation ..of.;-1858. to ;the; pooplo: of. In v rdia, and-btlier' document? which- have -a ? bearing'on-the. Indian ; rcforms recently introduced: ...;.' ,■":,' "'/.,- ■ ■■